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Oregon Small Woodlands Association
Annual Meeting
2018
Citizen Involvement Works!
HB 2859 in 2017- Eliminated property tax exemptions
12 OSWA Members testified in opposition
Many more attended, two hearing rooms filled
Bill Sponsor and Committee Chair announced he would not move bill
Citizen Involvement Works!
SB 500 in 2017- Eliminated filing loss report prior to filing lawsuit
5 OSWA members testified
Bill died in committee
Citizen Involvement Works!
East Side Rate Relief in 2018
Successfully restored $500,000 in budget for East side Forestland owners
Committee Chair said he hadn’t heard from landowners so “it must not be big deal”
OSWA members generated multiple contacts to legislators
Chairman then advocated for the restorations of funds
Legislative Elections
Half the Senate, or 15 seats normally: 17 this year
All 60 House seats each even numbered year
Senate: Very Stable
2 Senators 20+ years in Senate
6 Senators 10+ years in SenateAll served in House prior
13 Senators 5-10 years in Senate8 of 13 served in House prior
9 Senators less than 5 years5 have prior House service
3 appointed this year
House: Unprecedented Turnover
15 Members 10 or more years service 1 member prior Senate service
12 members 5-10 years service 33 members less than 5 years
service 15 in first term
6 newly appointed in last few months
New in 2017
Appointed for 2018
House
6 of longest serving members have announced retirement at end of term
1 running for Governor
Not Running in 2018
House
In 2019, at least 26 members - nearly one half the House of Representatives -will have served less than 2 years.
Representatives with less than 2 years experience in 2019
OSWA Opportunity
20 members likely have very little knowledge of your issues 10 Metro area 5 Salem, 2 Eugene
OSWA issues are not typically high on the list of issues that legislators care deeply about
OSWA Opportunity
At least 7 more will be new in 2019 2 Metro, 2 Eugene
This opportunity is very rare, last time was 20 years ago. Brought on by term limits at that time
Root cause this time is unknown, some factors could be: Term limit round 2 Long time single party control Other???
How to take advantage of the Opportunity
Find your Oregon House District
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/
Find Candidates for the Position
“Google” Oregon House District __ https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_House_of_Representati
ves_District_11
Click on the Link
Scroll to find Info
MOST IMPORTANT: TAKE ACTION
Attend meetings of both candidates
Get to know them personally
Choose a campaign and get involved
Donate Time and Money